The Italian Jannik Sinner and Spanish Carlos Alcaraz They were called to play one of the semifinals of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000. Last week, at the ATP 500 in Beijing, they met in the final, with victory and the title for the Murcian, who won all three matches against the transalpine this season .
They are two steps away from confirming another episode of their particular classic. The rain caused many long waits in Shanghai. A day later than scheduled, Sinner and Alcaraz will return to the center court to play their respective round of 16 ties.
They had been classified since Sunday, sheltered by the retractable roof of the main stadium, but there was no way to have an opponent to fight because the weather did not allow it. Their opponents had to fight outside in the outer courts.
On Tuesday, finally, the French Gael Monfils his countryman was defeated Ugo Humbert7-6 (7), 2-6 and 6-1, to meet Alcaraz, in the round of 16 matches scheduled for Wednesday.
The order of play will be opened by the Sinner, against the American Ben Shelton. At 06:30 Spanish peninsular time. Next, around eight thirty in the morning, Alcaraz and Monfils will compete on the track.
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This is the upper part of the painting, which had to be solved. The postponements meant that the round of 16 was all resolved on the same day. After the turn of Sinner and Alcaraz, this is the turn of the lower part, where Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverevwho should play in the third round this Tuesday, the reference.
The order of play on Wednesday
1/8 final in Shanghai
CENTER COURT (06:30 hours)
Jannik Sinner (Ita/1)-Ben Shelton (USA/14)
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/3)-Gael Monfils (Fra)
(not before 12:30 pm)
Frances Tiafoe (USA/13) or Romain Safiullin (Rus)-Flavio Cobolli (Ita) or Novak Djokovic (Srb/4)
David Goffin (Bel) or Marcos Giron (USA)-Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) or Alexander Zverev (Ale/2)
SHOW COURT 3 (07:00 hours)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/10)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/5)
Tommy Paul (USA/3)-Tomas Machac (Che/30)
Jakub Mensik (Che)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/9)
Taylor Fritz (USA/7)-Holger Rune (Din/12)
Source: La Verdad
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